Permission vs. ownership

Leadership

  A critical mistake many pastors make is they assume that if they get their governing board to give permission or approval, they’ve won the battle. It’s true that governing board permission is needed for certain initiatives, but the more critical issue isn’t...

The meeting before the meeting

Leadership

  Every meeting is really three meetings:  The meeting before the meeting, the meeting itself, then the meeting after the meeting. Very often when I’m coaching people, their first instinct when they want to accomplish something is to bring it up at the meeting...

Chuck Ridley on Creating Ownership of Ministry

New Church Planting

My friend and colleague in ministry Chuck Ridley recently posted some thoughts on creating ownership of ministry on www.churchplanting.com.  He observes that this is one of the most significant weaknesses many church planters face.  Definitely worth checking out the...

Gaining ownership

Leadership

  Effectively casting vision means more than getting consent or compliance. It means getting ownership. If the people consent to the vision, they’re essentially promising not to block you. If they have ownership of the vision, they want it to happen as much as...